The blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers are protective systems that prevent harmful substances from entering the brain and ...

A nanomaterial based on a platform developed by Professor Samuel Stupp crosses the blood-brain barrier and targets harmful ...

The central nerve system (CNS) plays a crucial central regulatory role in mammalian life, and the blood-brain barrier is the most selective physical barrier protecting the brain by strictly ...

Scientists discover a treatment in mice to repair the blood-brain barrier, which is key to brain health. There's a bouncer in everyone: The blood-brain barrier, a layer of cells between blood vessels ...

This video shows, in real time within the first 24 hours of the injection, immune cells (shown in red) rushing into an area injured by ischemic stroke. The peptide treatment (blue) successfully ...

A model of a membrane called the blood–brain barrier could transform how scientists study drug delivery to the brain, as well as diseases of the brain’s vascular network. The model combines two ...

Major advance promises to accelerate the understanding and improved treatment of a wide range of brain disorders, including stroke, cerebral vascular disorders, brain cancer, Alzheimer's disease, ...

Enough pints of beer can have you falling off your bar stool or loudly reciting lyrics to early 2000s jams to total strangers, because alcohol can get past one of the strongest defenses in the body.

Researchers have identified a brain protein whose absence leads to memory loss and Alzheimer’s-like damage in mice.

We’ve all been there. You walk out of the office after a long workday, look out over a sea of cars, and wonder, “Now where the heck did I park?” When you’re young, remembering comes easy. “Oh, yeah,” ...

Leakiness in the brain could explain the memory and concentration problems linked to long COVID. In patients with brain fog, MRI scans revealed signs of damaged blood vessels in their brains, ...